>Wow… all it takes is someone calling everyone “cheap”. The UN guy said the World’s nations were not giving as much as they should — the US defended their pledge, raised it, now Japan chimes in with 500 million+ I can’t wait to see who else jumps in. Japan ought to focus on the alert system. They’ve quite the history with Tsunamis. Odd… and I just started reading Michael Crichton’s new book: State of Fear. It’s all about this stuff. Of course there’s a whole conspiracy thing going on too… ** posted backentry: 12/26/04 **